The impact of bone mineral density and disc degeneration on shear strength and stiffness of the lumbar spine following laminectomy

PURPOSE: Laminectomy is a standard surgical procedure for elderly patients with symptomatic degenerative lumbar stenosis. The procedure aims at decompression of the affected nerves, but it also causes a reduction of spinal shear strength and shear stiffness. The magnitude of this reduction and the i...

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Autores principales: Bisschop, Arno, Mullender, Margriet G., Kingma, Idsart, Jiya, Timothy U., van der Veen, Albert J., Roos, Jan C., van Dieën, Jaap H., van Royen, Barend J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21863461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1968-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3296849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21863461
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1968-2

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